Deflector support



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HERBERT B. TRIX., OF DETROIT, MC'HIGAN.

DEFLECTOR SUPPORT.

Application led April 11, 1924. Serial No. 705,800.

To all whom t may concern g' Be it known that I, Hamann" Trix, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Detroit, in the county ot Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved lletiector Support, ot which the .tol-- lowing is a speciiication.

This invention relates to means tor supporting auxiliary deiiectors or wind-wings on the windshield frames ot automobiles or other supports, and its object is to provide a device ot this character which shall be simple in construction, which will rigidly hold the detlectors or wings in position, and which can be quickly and easily adjusted and locked.

This invention consists ot tour brackets, two adapted to be secured to a support and the other two to the article to be supported, a rod to pivot the brackets together in pairs and to limit the space between the pairs, a spacing member such as a tube to hold the two pairs of brackets separated, and means such as a nut on one end ot the spacing member to cause the spacing member to force the brackets of each pair against eachother so as to prevent movement between them.

It also consists inthe details of construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is an elevation of a windshield equipped with wind-wings held in position by my novel support. Fig. 2 is a larger elevation ot one of these novel supports. Fig. 3 is a vertical section ot a pair of brackets embodying the present invention. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section ot' a clamping bracket.

Similar reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

The supporting brackets 1 are preferably formed with eyes 2 to receive bolts or pins by which they may he secured to a trame 3 or any other available support. rlihe opposite ends o't' the brackets 1 are formed with eyes a to receive the rod 5 which may have its ends threaded to receive the nuts 6. @ne face of each ot the oyes 11 may be radially corrugated to tit similar corrugations of the eye 7 of the adjacent clamping bracket 8. A supporting and a clamping bracket constitute a pair. Y Y

The brackets 8 are formed to receive or grip the plates or wings 9 in any desired manner and preferably consist oi a main jaw 11 and an auxiliary jaw 12, each preferably grooved to receive the rubber or other packing 13. The two aws are held together by screws 14 and the pressure o the jaws may be adjusted by the screws 15 in the same manner as the well kno-'wn carpenters7 hand clamps.

A tubular spacing member 16 extends between the pairs et clamping members and is threaded at one end to receive the .mit li which engages the inner chimp ot one pair so as to torce the clamps oit each pair together with sutticient torce to prevent rotation between them which is not diliicult because of the radial corrugations of the contacting faces of the brackets.

Itis evident that it is immaterial whether the supporting or the clamping brackets are on the outside. Instead of using the nuts 6 on the ends of the rod 5, the outer bracket ot' each pair may be threaded to receive the threaded end ot the rod 19 as shown in Fig. 8. I have also shown the supporting bracket 2l countersunk to receive the small hub 22 on the clamping bracket 23.

Any other type of joint may be employed to furnish a secure connection between the brackets of each pair under the pull of the rod 19 and the pressure ot the spacing tube 16 and nut 17. Simply screwing the nut 17 back onto the tube 16 removes the pressure between the brackets ot each pair and permits the wings to be swung' to any desired angle to the windshield and screwing the nuts in the opposite direction quickly locks the wings in the adjusted position.

The details ot construction and the proportions o't the parts may all be changed by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit oit my invention as set forth in the following claims.

I claim 1. In combination, two spaced supporting brackets, a clamping bracket in engagement with each supporting bracket, a rod extending through said brackets to limit the outward movement oit the two outer.` brackets, a compression member extending between the two inner brackets and hav ing a threaded end, and a nut on said threaded end in engagement with an inner bracket and adapted to press the opposite end of the compression member against the other inner` bracket to press the inner and outer brackets together.

2. In combination, two spaced supportfifi ing brackets, a supported bracket in engagement with each supporting bracket, a rod extending through said brackets to limit the outward increment oi the two outer brackets and to pivot the supportedV brackets, a tube mounted on the rod between the two inner brackets 'and having a threaded end, and a nut on said threaded end engaging an inner bracket and adapted to press the opposite end of the tubeagainst the other inner bracket to force the contacting brackets together.

3. In combination.7 two spaced supporting` brackets, a supported bracket in engagement with each supporting bracket, a rofl. extending through said brackets to limit the outward morenient ot' the two outer brackets and to pivot the supported brackets, a tube mounted on the rod between the tu'o inner brackets and having a thread ed end, and a nut on said threaded end engaging an inner bracket and adapted to press the opposite end of the tube against the other inner bracket to force the contacting brackets together, the engaging faces ot the brackets being radially corrugated to cause them to rigidly7 engage when pressed together.

adapted to press the opposite end of the compression member against the other inner bracket tor press the inner and outer brackets together. n

in combination, two spaced supporting brackets, a supported bracket in engagement with each supporting bracket a rod conf necting saidv brackets to limit the outward movement ot the two vouter brackets and to` pirot the supported brackets, a tube mounted on the rod between the two inner brackets and having a threaded end, and a .nut on said threaded? end engaging an inner.I

bracket and adapted to press the opposite end of the tube against the other inner bracket to force the contacting brackets together.

HERBERT B. TRI/X. 

